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Sydney, Copenhagen Named Most Reputable Cities

October 9, 2017

Sydney, Australia, and Copenhagen, Denmark claimed the top two spots as the world’s most reputable cities in the Reputation Institute’s 2017 City RepTrak®.

Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center Announces New Board Members and Leadership

October 9, 2017

The Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center (R-CISC) announced new leadership for its Board of Directors and the addition of two new Board member companies.

IFPO Announces New Board of Director

October 9, 2017

The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) announced the appointment of Dr. Jennifer Hesterman to its Board of Directors.

5 Basic Rules to Build an Effective Security Awareness Program

Jon Heimerl

October 5, 2017

Your main users are not Spartan warriors. They are not professional security geeks. They don’t think like hackers. Elevated security measures do not come naturally to most people. They all have real jobs to do which are NOT focused on information and cybersecurity.

Michael Chertoff Security Magazine October 2017

Over the Horizon: Emerging Security Threats and Risks to the Enterprise

What issues, concerns and risks will you be facing in the near future?

Michael Chertoff

October 1, 2017

We are entering a period of time when we are going to see an uptick in the number of security threats, both physical and in cyberspace. There is an increasing global unrest. Over the past few months what we’ve seen electorally, in the U.S., but also in Europe and in other parts of the world, has been a manifestation of that.

Yale University Security Magazine October 2017

University Campuses Take Center Stage

Criminals see campuses and universities as soft targets, while political activists see them as big opportunities.

Ed Finkel

October 1, 2017

Bike thefts, drug abuse, assaults and other violent crimes, protest-counterprotest melees, and cyber hackers are crowding onto the ever-expanding plates of college and university police and security forces. But those in the field say they’re up to those myriad challenges thanks to the combination of equipment, technology and training they can bring to bear.

The Bill Zalud Memorial Award for Professional Excellence

Diane Ritchey

October 1, 2017

Introducing the Bill Zalud Memorial Award for Professional Excellence by International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) that will be awarded each year to an individual or organization for professional excellence and/or outstanding service/acts in the security profession.

Winning the Budget Game, Security Magazine October 2017 Leadership Management

Winning the Security Budget Game

Lynn Mattice

October 1, 2017

Developing budgets that make sense, support the mission of the enterprise, are thoroughly justified and garner the support of the C-suite is a challenge that security executives have faced for ages. Why is this the case? Is it that the C-suite doesn’t recognize the importance and value that an effective security program provides to the enterprise? Is it because security executives have not done an effective job of developing and documenting the inherent value to the enterprise of an effective security program?

Are Degrees What They Seem?, Security Magazine October 2017 Career Intelligence

Are Security Degrees What They Seem?

Jerry J. Brennan

October 1, 2017

Acquiring a higher-level education is time consuming and expensive, and fraudsters have long been marketing fast-track ways to obtain what appears to be an impressive diploma, at least on the surface. These programs and methods have been around for many years; therefore, it is not always easy to identify what is real and what is a wasted investment of your money and time.

Culture First, Technology Third

Phil Aronson

October 1, 2017

The bottom line: Culture is another way of saying “This is how we do things around here.” In most cases, what is written down or hung on the wall does not align with “how we do things around here.” People will perform their roles, work within their processes and utilize technology to get things done; but the values that undergird their behavior and the ability to understand them and leverage them is one of the keys to unlocking the value of security.